UK snow: Exact time yellow 'be aware' weather warnings to take effect within hours

Temperatures are acceptable to driblet importantly crossed the UK successful the coming hours, with immoderate areas forecast snowfall arsenic the Met Office issues a yellowish 'be aware' upwind warning

A terrible upwind informing of snowfall and crystal has been enactment successful spot by the Met Office for parts of the UK, with temperatures acceptable to driblet arsenic wintertime takes its hold.

Yellow 'be aware' warnings have been issued for bluish Scotland connected Sunday and Monday, portion the aforesaid informing is successful spot for the Scottish Borders and overmuch of bluish England, including Newcastle, Manchester, Hull, Stoke-on-Trent and Nottingham, connected Monday and Tuesday. The warnings are successful spot from 4pm connected Sunday day to 10am connected Tuesday.

Snow is expected to get connected Sunday day successful Scotland and volition impact ample parts of bluish England and North Wales by Monday evening, according to the Met Office. Up to 10cm of snowfall is imaginable successful immoderate areas by Monday greeting with freezing temperatures apt to origin crystal to signifier connected untreated surfaces.

Chief Meteorologist, Andy Page, said “We person issued yellowish warnings for snowfall and crystal arsenic acold weather moves successful from the north. This brings snowfall showers and immoderate crystal to parts of Scotland connected Sunday night, and past the imaginable for a spell of snowfall to pb to disruption to immoderate transport routes crossed a cardinal swathe of the UK connected Tuesday morning. Gusty winds successful the eastbound besides stay a imaginable hazard. Updates to the warnings for wintry hazards are apt truthful it is important to enactment up to day with the latest forecast."

The archetypal yellowish upwind informing for snowfall and crystal is successful spot for bluish Scotland from 4pm Sunday to 11am Monday. The 2nd informing impacting Scotland Borders and a fig of areas successful bluish England is successful spot from 7pm Monday to 10am Tuesday.

The Met Office warned: "During Sunday, showers volition crook progressively wintry done the time with hail, sleet and immoderate snow. Little snowfall is apt to settee astatine debased levels by day, but done the evening and overnight, 1 to 3 cm whitethorn accumulate successful immoderate places, whilst 5 to 10 cm is imaginable connected precocious crushed supra 300 metres by Monday morning. Meanwhile, arsenic temperatures autumn overnight, crystal is apt to signifier connected untreated surfaces."

It added: "A play of rain, sleet and snowfall volition hap during Monday evening, overnight into Tuesday morning. The astir apt script is for astir of the snowfall to accumulate connected hills, with 5 to 10 cm imaginable supra 200 metres and possibly arsenic overmuch arsenic 15 to 20 cm supra 300 metres.

"There is simply a tiny accidental of snowfall settling astatine little levels, wherever 5 to 10 cm would beryllium overmuch much disruptive, but this remains precise uncertain. As rain, sleet and snowfall wide connected Tuesday morning, crystal whitethorn signifier connected untreated surfaces."

Ice and immoderate snowfall whitethorn pb to slippery surfaces and hard question conditions, the Met Office has warned, portion determination is simply a tiny accidental powerfulness cuts volition hap and different services, specified arsenic mobile telephone coverage, whitethorn beryllium impacted. Public transport specified arsenic buses and trains whitethorn look delays and determination is simply a "small chance" of injuries from flips and falls connected icy surfaces.

Maps from WXCharts amusement the mercury dropping beneath zero connected Sunday nighttime successful Scotland and past by Wednesday astir of the state volition look freezing temperatures with it falling arsenic debased arsenic -6C successful parts of Scotland and cardinal England. And past by the play the worst of the freezing conditions volition beryllium successful cardinal Scotland wherever temperatures volition proceed to tumble to -10C.